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P. W. BRUEOKNER.

WATCH CHAIN ATTACHMENT.

No. 362,718. Patented May 10, 1887.

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WATCH-=CHAIN ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,718, dated May 10,1887.

Application filed March 1, 1887. Serial No. 229,348.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, FREDERICK W ILLIAM BRUEOKNER, of Jersey City Heights,in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new andImproved Vest Attachments for tVatch Ohains, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a vest attachment for watch-chains, and has forits object to provide a means of attaching one end of a watchchain to avest, wherein the device will be on namental and obviate the necessityof passing the chain through or connecting the same to a button-hole.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a partial front elevation of a vest, illustrating theapplication of my device; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectionthrough the same.

It has been the almost universal practice for gentlemen heretofore toattach their watchchains to the vest by passing the same through abutton-hole,or securing it,in connection with the button-hole, by meansof a ring or hook, whereupon the button-hole to which attachment is madebecomes worn and more or less ragged through the constant friction.

it is the aim of this invention to overcome this difficulty, and to thatend an ornamental body, A, which in this instance is made in the form ofa lizard, is secured at any desired point upon the vest B by passingathreaded pin, a, integral with the under side of said body, through thecloth and securing the device in position by a cap, b, screwed upon thesaid pin.

Beneath the forward portion of the head (Z of the lizardlike body atransverse recess, D, is cut, and in the extreme end of the said head,upon the under side,a longitudinal aperture, d, is formed, adapted tointersect with the aforesaid recess D. Flush with the rear wall of therecess D an annular apertured projection, E, is provided, adapted toextend (No model.)

longitudinally the body a distance to the rear, having a slot, 6, cutlongitudinally therein, which slot is made to extend nearly from end toend of the said tubular projection. Within the tubular projection E abolt, F, is madeto slide, provided with a knob,f, extending from theslot 6, which bolt is actuated by a coilspring, f, bearing against therear end of said bolt and the rear wall of the projection E, asillustrated in Fig. 2. The forward end of the bolt F in itsnormalposition rests in the aperture d.

In operation the device is attached at any desired point upon the vest,the head being placed in direction of the watch-pocket. The bolt F isthen drawn back, and a ring, M, at the end of the chain M, is insertedin the recess D. The boltis thereupon released and the attachment issecured.

The device may be made in any form to represent animals, birds, flowers,or an ordinary bar,and the said device may be secured to the vest in amultiplicity of ways, and I there fore do not confine myself to themeans of attachment shown.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. As an improved article of manufacture, adevice for securing a watch-chain to a vest, consisting of an ornamentalbody, A, adapted for attachment to the vest outside the pocket, providedwith the recess D, aperture (1, and a tubular projection,E, beneath thesaid body,a spring-actuated bolt, F, within said projection,adapted toenter the said aperture Z,and means for securing the body to the vest,substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the body A. adapted for attachment to a vest,provided with an integral pin, a, carrying a cap, I), a recess,D, andintersecting aperture d, and a slotted tubular proj ection,E,all beneathsaid body, of the spring-actuated bolt F,provided with a knob, f, andthe watch-chain M, all arranged to operate substantially as herein shownand described, and for the purpose set forth.

, FREDERICK WILLIAM BRUEUKNER.

W'itnesses:

WILLIAM S. STUHR, JOHN SAEHAN.

